Instrumentation & control offers lathes with maximum height up to 810 mm with upper bed shiftable by motor . A & 0 kretschmer werkzeug-maschinen has brought out a new version of lathes with upper bed shiftable by motor, in addition to the one with rigid bed. This enables machining of huge, unwieldy or very long work pieces. The usable maximum height is 360 to 810 mm and the width 1,500 to 8,000 mm. A teach-in-control grundig manual plus, a siemens-cnc or other cnc is a standard accessory.Here it is possible to have cyclic control or conventional operations.. The lathe is suitable above all for solving difficult operational problems in construction of machines, tools and instruments.